The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-02-18
AN UNSAFE BUILDING.
the WASHINGTON SCHOOL HOUSE
VIII Have to be Torn Down It IL Declared
Unsafe by Expert Pccbles- Tho Action Of
y tho board mt Inst Sights Meeting.
Tho Routine business TranAnoted.

There wa q regular monthly meeting
OF the Board Of Education held last night
attic rooms in the Library building, that
was attended by every member including
Mr.. White, Of Washington, D. g., n Com
missioner from Washington dintrict, ex-
cept MerSrs. Whnlly md shaier. The
meeting was one Of the most interesting
that has boon held for some time. 1t WAS
officially announced that the old school
building in Washington district 10 unsafe
and tho school was ordered closed. A com.
mittee wrs instructed to secure temporary
auartera for the'scholars and 1teps taken
looking 10 tho erection OF a now building:
gu THE REGULAR REroRTH. IL.
Tho minutes Of the previous meeting
were read and number Of corrections
made. President Pipes occupied tho chair.
Tho reports Of tho standing committees
were taken up in the following order:
The Committee on Accounts presented
bills nggregatlng $500 A.. which were
ordered paid. The Committee on Public
Library presented bills aggregating S4l3,
which were ordered paid. This com.
mitteo reported further that II had decld.
ed to furnish tho Library during tho com.
ing year with the namo papers and periodi.
Gals subscribed for last year, with tho OK.
ception OF substituting Hide.A,ruke and
Scribner's Magazine for Puck. This action
OF tho committee was approved. Puck
has always becn one Of tho most popular
periodicals in tho reading room. Every.
ono has picked 1t up to emile OF its excel.
lent cartoons and 1t will be miased. 1t Is
said tha. in tho committee, Mr.. White
moved to strike II of as being o pub!ica-
ton OF mo practical benefit"
The Committee on Finance reported
that r. Campbell and the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad Company had been crro.
neously assessed, and that they were enti.
tied 10 refund Of taxes 10 the amount OF
81 IS and SAL so, respectively. Thcac re-
funds were ordered.
AN IMPORTANT REPORT.
! The Committee on Buildings and
Grounds reported in relation to tho mat
ters referred 10 1t at the last meeting OF
the Board: Respectingthe inquiry ordered
made into the condition OF the natural gas
fittings in Clay school, in the Third ward,
the committee reported that it was OF the
opinion shat reasonable experiments
| tho reasonableness Of which should be
Judged by the chairman OF the committee
ahould be made by the contractors at the
expense OF the Board" With respect to
the condition Of the Seventh ward school
building, the committee authorized the
Commissioners OF Madison district to
make necessary repairs. ss.
With respect to the condition OF Wash
ington school, in tho First ward, tho com.
mittoe reported havinrBecured theservices
Of Mr.. A. PEBBLES, Pittsburgh architect,
III expert, who, after careful examination,
had pronounced the building unsafe, and
recommended that it be taken down. Tho
committed therefore recommended that
the building be declared closed, and that
! it be empowered to find suitable tempo
rnry quarters for tho school, and thai the
bill Of Mr.. Pesbles, amounting to SIS, be
paid. These recommendations were en-
bodied in resolutions, which were adopted.
Mr.. PEBBLES communication was read; it
Ia an fol,oUn. }l-f r. H.